The magnificent Mons Mill on Burnley Road with the name just visible on the chimney. The bowling greens of Centre Vale Park at the bottom of the shot. The Hare and Hounds pub just visible through the tree branches bottom left.
The big red brick building is the bus garage, on the left is the Shannon and Chesapeake Inn, and on the right is the destructor building which contained an incinerator. The gas works is just off picture to the right.
Hare Mill on Burnley Road was built for the Hare Spinning Company and was completed in 1910. It passed to the Mons Mill Company and was renamed Mons Mill after the First World War battle. Textile production ceased in 1968 and the mill was demolished…